[pct-l] Fwd: food strategy, (Snoqualmie Pass)

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Are you talking about the same place? They had fruit and dairy  
products and various packaged groceries. It wasn't an organic health  
food store or even a regular grocery store, but it was far from an  
armpit.

I had thought I could be holier than holy as far as food was  
concerned, but after a while I learned that candy and cookies got me  
just as far as any other food. It shocked me. I'm 45 and I was able  
to do 30+ mile days even in northern Washington on a strict junk food  
diet. I don't recommend it, but it didn't kill me or even appear to  
slow me down.

On Dec 13, 2010, at 7:32 PM, linsey wrote:

> Let me beg to differ on the quality of resupply at Snoqualmie  
> Pass.  Although I realize the "food" there would suit many just  
> fine, as someone who avoids trans-fats, white flour/rice/pasta and  
> prefers to go wholesome  and vegetarian while hiking, I cannot  
> imagine trying to subsist on resupplied food from this armpit of a  
> stop.
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> Did you really mean Snoqualmie Pass? There was a great gas station
> market there with all kinds of groceries plus clothing and shoes (not
> hiking shoes) and books and just about anything and everything,
> including a post office. There was a grocery store, too, but I didn't
> go inside. Are both these gone? Because you could have resupplied
> from the gas station alone in a pinch.
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> On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
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>> As for buying as you go......out of 320 folks through here last
>> season.......we went through over 250 resupply boxes. Not all were
>> food but
>> the majority of them were. We have a little gas station, small deli
>> and a
>> cafe to resupply.....unless you hitch 20 miles west to a bigger
>> grocery
>> store. Snoqualmie Pass is a bust for resupply and Stehekin is a
>> bust for
>> resupply. Read pass journals to see how others did it.
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>> PCT MOM
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